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Silent Running
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6.4After the entire flora goes extinct, ecologist Lowell maintains a greenhouse aboard a space station for the future with his android companions. However, he rebels after being ordered to destroy the greenhouse in favor of carrying cargo, a decision that puts him at odds with everyone but his mechanical companions.
Cast
- Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell
- Cliff Potts as John Keenan
- Ron Rifkin as Marty Barker
- Jesse Vint as Andy Wolf
- Mark Persons as Grey Drone #1 “Dewey”
- Steven Brown as Orange Drone #2 “Huey”
Themes
- dystopia
- sunlight
- space travel
- saturn
- biotope
- plant
- greenhouse
- forest
- space
- food
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
32,381 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
71%
Metacritic
67/100
- Year
- 1972
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Drama, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- G
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Douglas Trumbull
- Written by
- Deric Washburn Michael Cimino Steven Bochco
- Produced by
- Michael Gruskoff Marty Hornstein Douglas Trumbull
- Starring
- Bruce Dern Cliff Potts Ron Rifkin Jesse Vint
- Cinematography
- Charles F. Wheeler
- Edited by
- Aaron Stell
- Music by
- Peter Schickele
- Production company
- Trumbull / Gruskoff Productions
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- March 10, 1972 ( 1972-03-10 )
- Running time
- 89 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1,350,000
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- solitude
- Director
- Douglas Trumbull
- Screenwriter
- Deric Washburn
- Cast member
- Roy Engel
- Composer
- Peter Schickele
- Producer
- Douglas Trumbull
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Charles F. Wheeler
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 826016
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Lautlos im Weltraum Logo.png
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- Commons category
- Silent Running
- publication date
- 1972-00-00
- film editor
- Aaron Stell
- title
- Silent Running
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 71%
- capital cost
- 1350000
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Encyclopedic overview
Silent Running is a 1972 American science fiction film. It is the directorial debut of Douglas Trumbull, and stars Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin and Jesse Vint.
Plot
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